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- Manual vs manually - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Manually is the adverb Manual is (in this context) the adjective Tuning can be either a verb or a noun; however, in your example, tuning the weights is a gerund phrase using the verb Here you want to modify the verb within the phrase, so use the adverb: The procedure requires manually tuning the weights If instead you wanted to modify the noun tuning, use the adjective The procedure
- idiomatic language - Meaning of manually in manually detect . . .
Manually can refer to something done by a person rather than through an automated process AngryJoe could be referring to having to search the internet for specific sentences of a copyrighted work to find out if it has been used elsewhere without permission
- Tick vs. check the box - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I came across the following example: Tick the box if you would like more details In the sentence, "tick the box" means mark the specific checkbox If we have the following checkboxes ticking the
- adverbs - Manually installed, or, Installed manually - English Language . . .
2 Both forms are current usage in instruction manuals and owner guides though "manually installed" seems to be used more often
- When to use run vs when to use ran - English Language Learners . . .
My friend is writing some documentation and asked me an English question I don't know the answer to In this case which would it be? CCleaner has been run or CCleaner has been ran
- word usage - I have finished vs I have already finished - English . . .
I have finished would usually be uttered immediately after finishing, but (emphatic) I have already finished wouldn't normally occur until some time after finishing - often, specifically as a contradictory response to something implying that I might not have yet finished In rare circumstances, an over-eager exam-taker might leap up and say I have already finished, half-an-hour into an exam
- adverbial phrases - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I have an old car with manually adjustable mirrors As I was driving home with a friend, I wanted him to adjust the mirror for me so that I could see more of the street I ended up not asking beca
- Dear Concern or Concerned - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
It is very common in my country for people to start their emails with the salutation quot;Dear Concern quot; Should not it be quot;Dear Concerned quot; ?
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